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Russia-Ukraine optimism down

U.S. President Donald Trump started the week declaring a diplomatic breakthrough in his bid to prod Moscow and Kyiv closer to ...

Russian attack on western Ukraine hits an American factory during the US-led push for peace

Russia has launched a rare drone and missile attack on western Ukraine, hitting an American-owned electronics plant among ...

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says overnight strikes lay bare Russia's intentions in war

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that large-scale Russian attacks overnight in various parts of Ukraine showed ...

Ukraine obliterates critical part of Russia’s Druzhba oil pipeline as attacks ramp up after Trump-Putin summit

Ukrainian forces obliterated a critical part of Russia’s Druzhba oil pipeline overnight — as Kyiv fought back against ...

Limits of Trump’s diplomacy clear as Moscow balks at Ukraine plan

Moscow has resisted a Putin-Zelensky summit and security guarantees for Ukraine. Trump claims that the Kremlin’s position has ...

Trump suggests Ukraine 'play offensive' as Russia downplays prospect of Putin-Zelenskyy summit

Moscow continues to throw cold water on the prospect of Putin-Zelenskyy meeting, and is insisting Russia have a role in ...

What to know about Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula seized by Russia from Ukraine over a decade ago

Russia’s illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 was quick and bloodless, and it sent Moscow’s ...

Russia Draws Hard Line Over Security Guarantees for Ukraine

Moscow warned that it should effectively hold veto power over any action to assist Ukraine after a peace deal is reached, ...

The ‘Big Tactical Error’ in the Russia-Ukraine Negotiations

I think it’s a big tactical error to rule out a ceasefire and go directly to final status [issues], because it’s most likely ...

A timeline of territorial shifts in Russia’s war on Ukraine

Russia’s troops are continuing their slow war of attrition in eastern and northern Ukraine, even as the conflict enters a ...